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Looks like you had a good time, wish we had Green Lanes in Scotland 
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Good vids - is there a vast amount of 'rock crawling' lanes up on the moors?
How far up into Yorkshire would I need to go to sample them lanes?
My daughter lives in Lincolnshire and would be tempted to slip away for a weekend with the truck when we're on one of our visits up to hers. |
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Are there really no lanes in Scotland? Is there no equivalent that allows you to get out into the countryside off the tarmac? That's a real shame.
There are a few rocky bits on the lanes in the North York Moors. That video is of the hardest bit of rock on a well-known lane which is reckoned to be 8 miles long, which has some other gentler rocky bits too. It's a route covered in this month's Land Rover Monthly (swear box) up near Kirbymoorside. In my limited experience though nothing beats the Lake District for rock crawling. I've got photos of the Trooper performing some really acrobatic stuff there, which I'd post if it was a bit easier on this forum. Good rocky stuff in mid-Wales too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZzCRU4z6Yc
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kennymac
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Are there really no lanes in Scotland? Is there no equivalent that allows you to get out into the countryside off the tarmac? That's a real shame.
There are a few rocky bits on the lanes in the North York Moors. That video is of the hardest bit of rock on a well-known lane which is reckoned to be 8 miles long, which has some other gentler rocky bits too. It's a route covered in this month's Land Rover Monthly (swear box) up near Kirbymoorside. In my limited experience though nothing beats the Lake District for rock crawling. I've got photos of the Trooper performing some really acrobatic stuff there, which I'd post if it was a bit easier on this forum. Good rocky stuff in mid-Wales too http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZzCRU4z6Yc |
No, no lanes in Scotland as such - there probably is but the legislation is different - as for the "Right to roam" that's fine if yer a walker or on a bike but anyone else is on tae plums including not just 4x4's, but horses too (we don't have bridleways either  ) it's all bikes, bikes, bikes 
The Forestry commission do have "forest drives" but they're hardly what you'd call off road, given that we use worse to haul timber over wie artic's 
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adz1973
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It's a good lane Rudland Rigg, nice rocks, bottom was very washed out last time I was there in September. It is long and gets boring but the scenery and views are fantastic. There's a nice lane if you turn left at the crossroads on rudland.
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diggerdave
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It is a beautiful lane, at its best in Aug/Sept when the heather is out in flower and the hillsides are purple. It's a bit bare at this time of year but it's good to see the moors in different seasons.
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Kennymac - it's sad to hear about Scotland. I love the west coast and I was half planning to take the Trooper and get off the tarmac a bit in the wilds. Sounds like it might as well be the Focus with some walking boots then...
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| Kennymac - it's sad to hear about Scotland. I love the west coast and I was half planning to take the Trooper and get off the tarmac a bit in the wilds. Sounds like it might as well be the Focus with some walking boots then... |
You'd probably be better wie the Trooper, given the state of the main roads lol. But seriously, I'm not knocking the forest drives as a way to get away from the beaten track and see some different views, just don't expect to need 4wd or low box - I've seen a Merc SL in on one of the roads we use 
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